Quote:An Army veteran who’d been living at the same Buffalo, N.Y., address for three years got home Monday afternoon to discover that someone had torn down the door, shot up the apartment, ransacked the place and killed his dog, Cindy, who was leashed in the kitchen.
Breaking and entering in broad daylight. Animal cruelty. Adam Arroyo appeared to have been the victim of big-city crime.
But wait — whoever it was had left a piece of paper behind, a note. Not a note, a warrant. It wasn’t robbers after all; this was all police work.

You would have also thought they would have posted a police officer at his house until he arrived home instead of leaving it wide open for someone to actually burglarize it? I hope he lawyers up and wins big.

RugerGirl;105374 Wrote:Even if it could be proven to be the most innocent of mistakes, is it not normal ethics to replace something you broke, even on accident?

I mean, if my kid accidentally breaks his friend's skateboard, he owes him a new one. Right?

So um....new door? New dog? Cremate the old one? Not too much to ask???

You can be charged criminally for the most innocent of mistakes. If you accidentally kill somebody you will be charged with manslaughter at minimum, no matter what the circumstances. You can also face civil consequences on top of that.

RugerGirl;105374 Wrote:Even if it could be proven to be the most innocent of mistakes, is it not normal ethics to replace something you broke, even on accident?

I mean, if my kid accidentally breaks his friend's skateboard, he owes him a new one. Right?

So um....new door? New dog? Cremate the old one? Not too much to ask???

You can be charged criminally for the most innocent of mistakes. If you accidentally kill somebody you will be charged with manslaughter at minimum, no matter what the circumstances. You can also face civil consequences on top of that.

Unless of course you are a cop.

I know, but I was just saying that at the VERY minimum, the cops owe him quite a list of stuff. I can't believe they don't even have insurance that would cover that.....